F1 2016 Australia Race from first Grand Prix

Baku. 19 March. REPORT.AZ/ Lewis Hamilton got the edge once again over his Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg in practice for the first Grand Prix of the 2016 Formula 1 season in Australia.

Report informs citing the foreign media, Hamilton, beginning his attempt to win a third consecutive world championship and fourth overall, set the fastest time in Friday’s second practice session in Melbourne, while Rosberg spun off and crashed in the wet conditions in Melbourne.

Hamilton was able to complete just seven laps in the rain, but, as he did in the first session of the day, set the fastest time, 0.467 seconds quicker than Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg.

Full qualifying results for the first round of the 2016 Formula 1 World Championship (F1), the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park, Melbourne.